54 Jim Root Quotes for You to Enjoy

Jim Root

American Musician

Born: Oct 2, 1971

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If you have a sickness, you gotta fix that sickness, but you can't keep putting somebody into treatment over and over and over again. Jim Root

You Sickness Somebody Putting Over Gotta Fix Again Keep Treatment

It became apparent to me near the end of the album cycle for 'House Of Gold & Bones' that it had basically run its course. But the band kept pushing for more dates, and I was just, like, 'It's time to stop!' Jim Root

I'm constantly writing, maybe a little more than other guys in the band. I find it a very therapeutic thing to do on the road, where you're estranged from your hobbies. Jim Root

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I don't consciously think of any certain direction when I'm writing. I only try not to be repetitive or redundant. Jim Root

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I feel weird talking about it, because how can I, as the guitar player of Slipknot, sit here and say, 'Oh, I have trouble.' You know what I mean? Jim Root

You Guitar Trouble Sit Say Guitar Player I Feel About Weird Feel Know Talking Because How Oh Mean Player Here

When we recorded 'Iowa,' we jammed, we went through the songs, we played as a band and we recorded as a band. Jim Root

Band Recorded Through Songs Iowa Played

I think that the only goals that we try to set for ourselves is to evolve musically. Jim Root

Goals Try Think I Think Musically Ourselves Evolve Only Set

One of the downfalls of not being in Stone Sour was I sat at home for two and a half years, and I hadn't ever done that since we started touring in 1999. I was really nervous and freaked out. Jim Root

Home Nervous Half Out Freaked Touring Since Half Years Sour Years Stone Done Being Really Sat Ever Started Two

I love Stone Sour. I love the music that we created. and it was a fun ride. But if I'm going to sacrifice all of my free time and my life for something, it has to be something that I a thousand-percent believe in, and something where I have a thousand-percent communication with everyone involved. And that something is Slipknot. Jim Root

My approach in 1999 was basically to play what I had, that was all I could do. At the time I was broke. I think I only had one guitar, a flametop green Jackson and I had these DC-10 Mesa Boogie heads. I think I had a cheap Shure wireless. Jim Root

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I don't seek out knowledge when it comes to guitar playing; I like to let it happen naturally. Jim Root

Knowledge Guitar Out Guitar Playing Seek Like Happen Naturally Playing

I'm just a dumb guitar player, man. Jim Root

Man Guitar Guitar Player Dumb Just Player

Some of the guys in Stone Sour, I think they just want to be a radio band and write strictly for radio and try to be more of a poppy rock band. And that's not really what I'm into. Jim Root

Try Band Think Strictly I Think Some Guys More Write Rock Rock Band Sour Stone Just Want Really Poppy Radio

People that like Slipknot that could care less about Stone Sour, people that like Stone Sour that don't know a lot of Slipknot. Jim Root

People Care About Could Like Know Sour Lot Stone Less

The culture of buying an album on CD or vinyl has gone out of the window. A lot of kids don't really understand that, they just hop onto Limewire, or find a BitTorrent, or even just go onto iTunes if they're going to pay for something. It's just right there, there's no searching about. Jim Root

Culture CD Gone Pay Kids Out Hop Find Window About Something Onto Understand Go Lot iTunes Going Just Really Even Searching Right Vinyl Album Buying

I'm my own worst critic. Jim Root

Own Worst Critic My Own

I'll admit that I don't have a lot of discipline when it comes to practicing. I'm not the type of guy who sits at home with a metronome and runs through scales and stuff like that. But I do go through phases when I'll be more diligent, and I notice that warming up and working on some patterns will make my playing cleaner. Jim Root

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Every time we go into the studio and use a different engineer or producer I try to look, listen and learn their approach. That has helped with the gear I look for to use live and in the studio. Jim Root

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With all the different guys in the band and all the different ideas of what's what, it's hard to get everybody on the same page sometimes. We are a very tight brotherhood, but we never know what we're going to do. Jim Root

Sometimes Band Everybody Brotherhood Guys Never Ideas Know Tight Very Get Same Going Same Page Different Different Ideas Page Hard

It's easy to get a good amp that might not be the right amp for you. When you go to a music store, really turn the amps on and turn 'em up - hopefully they'll let you - and work through the sounds. This is an important decision, so take your time and be methodical. Jim Root

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